Buckster
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Some of the comments in this thread seem to not differentiate between a printer used exclusively for making quality photo prints, and one used for printing out something like a book report. For me, there really is a difference though.I think the intent of most of the posts was to get across the point that home printing is NOT a simple, inexpensive alternative to sending your digital files to a proper lab to have them printed on "real" printers by proper technicians. In this day and age, not having a home printer would be very limiting, but there's a world of difference between printing out the occasional children's book report, e-mail, etc and trying to produce decent quality photographic prints.There is a strange trend to try and keep JJ from getting a printer even if if she wants one, ...
I don't use either of my photo printers for everyday printing tasks like book reports, documents, receipts, contracts, model releases, maps, etc. I wouldn't waste the valuable photo quality inks on such things.
No, for those everyday printing tasks, I have yet another scan/copy/fax/printer made specifically for that type of work. Mine happens to be a Brother machine that works with scans, copies and prints up to 11" X 17", as I sometimes have needs of the larger sizes. Likewise, I don't use that printer for punching out photos, especially not for clients. Though it does an "okay" job of printing photos, they don't come close to the quality of the dedicated photo printers, and I suspect that the inks wouldn't last as long.
In the same vein, I don't use the Brother scan/copy/fax/printer to scan photos to be retouched for clients either. While it does an "okay" job of scanning, and I do use it for everyday document scans and so forth, it doesn't come close to the quality of the dedicated print and negative scanner I use specifically for working with images.
Just thought it might be worth mentioning.